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Homes
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longed to the B d ^ d o c to r, and it was
designed for a gracious living th a t
cannot failvto im press you. I
O ther m ansions, in th e
tu ra l sense of th e word, are to be
found in cities, b u t m ore often you
w ill see them in th j E r a j M towns
w h ere m ajo r irb p S v em en ts do not
th rea ten th eir continued usefulness.
Such -is th e Amos Cook house at L a-
fayette, w ith its ranch style kitchen
and its New E ngland : | | | n t . He | | as
one of O regon’s first settlers, a m an
o f Champoeg, and he built the m an
sion portion of his house in th e 1850’s
for his bride. S im ilar m ansions in
clude the James^v ByUee’5; house n ear
Jacksonville, the W illiam B y
house on Sauvies Island, and the
H a rritt place, recently restored, on
the W allace Road ju st cut of Salem.
bjg
One type of large bouse th at was a
distinct d ev elo p m en t. of the frontier
we can call, for convenience, the Mis
so u ri m ansion. It m ay have a center
door, or two doors, b u t itsm fs.fipgt^,;e?
featu res are th e
porch
across the Whole facade, and the n a r-
ro w nessl of th e house from front to
tback. An excellent exam ple, in poor
state of preservation, is to be seen on
th e n o rth edge of' W oodburn on the
we£t side of th e Pacific Highway.
O thers are the Jo h n K. Dickey house
n ear M olalla w ith g S rog B p m wing,
and th e C harles A pplegate house at
Yoncalla. Of g reater im porfa n t ^ ^ ^
th e W illiam K eil house at
th e w est side of th e W ilsonville road.
A fter you cross the railroad tracks,
you can spot it as you sta rt up the
hill. W illiam K eil ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ o u n d e g of
;tl^ e^eth el, M issouri, and th e A urora,
O re fln , C hristian Societies, a form of
religious andf e h o m i« o m m u B S I
A strong and dom inant leader, he and
his colony are a m ost colorful note in
th e Oregon country.
A urora is som ething unique an d /^H
dividuak The houses, designed often
in the P ennsylvania sjyle, are
for th eir double doors and the uprig h t
board and b atten siding which* pro -
an
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